/**
 * Copyright 2007-2008 Vidar Svansson
 *     
 * This file is part of JAdapter.
 * 
 * JAdapter is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * JAdapter is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with JAdapter.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package org.jadapter;

import org.jadapter.beans.NamedAdapterBean;

/** A component that can be identified by a name.
 * This is similar to name of beans in containers.
 * 
 * @author Vidar Svansson
 * 
 * @since 0.1
 * 
 * @see NamedAdapterBean
 *
 */
public interface NamedComponent {

    /**
     * A symbol for components that do not have specific names. 
     */
    public static final String ANY = "*";


    /** 
     * The name of this component.
     * 
     * @return the name of this component
     */
    public String name();
    
}
